Image | Ernest Nyamasyo The rain had stopped barely two hours earlier. The vast plains of the Masai Mara shimmered beneath the evening sun, every blade of grass gilded in gold. Our Toyota Land Cruiser rolled slowly along a muddy track as herds of Thomson’s gazelles and Grant’s gazelles grazed across the savannah. Nearby, impalas… Continue reading An Evening with Africa’s Largest Land Mammal
Image | Ernest Nyamasyo There are some birds in the Maasai Mara National Reserve that quietly blend into the background — and then there’s the Saddle-billed Stork, a bird so outrageously elegant it looks as though nature designed it during a particularly extravagant mood. The first time most guests see one, the reaction is always… Continue reading Birdnificent© Something About The Saddle-billed Stork…
Image | Ernest Nyamasyo The first rule of spotting a Kirk’s Dikdik in the vast plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve is simple — stop looking for big animals. Most safari guests arrive in the Mara with dreams of thunderous wildebeest crossings, lions draped across termite mounds, or elephants moving through the golden grass… Continue reading The Little Whistler of the Mara
Image | Ernest Nyamasyo By the time we reached the Ngorongoro Crater rim, the Russian couple seated behind me had already fallen silent. That always happens here. No matter how many safaris people have done — whether it is their first journey into Africa or, like these two seasoned travelers from Moscow, a second return… Continue reading Explore: Ngorongoro Crater
Now, lions often use game tracks as paths, and this fellow’s chosen route just happened to bisect ours. He wasn’t charging, just exercising his right of way.
Mount Kenya, with its snow‑capped peaks 5,199 m. high, is Kenya’s highest mountain and certainly one of the most beautiful mountains anywhere. Its slopes are covered with rich deciduous and bamboo forests and open high altitude moorland just below the glaciers and snowfields. Wildlife resident within the forest includes elephant, buffalo and even lion, with… Continue reading Hiking Up Kirinyaga! [Jan – Feb]
Camping, birding, nature trails… Thomson’s Falls, named after Joseph Thomson, a Scottish geologist and naturalist who was the first European to see the falls in 1883, is a 73-meter sheer drop of the Ewaso Narok River over a ledge of volcanic rock. Thomson’s Lodge was built in the 1930s by settlers as a private residence,… Continue reading Off the Beaten Path: Camping at Thomson’s Falls [Sep – Dec]
Bird Watching, Rock Climbing, Hiking, Fishing – Camp Carnelley’s What To Do… Explore… Look Out For.. Accommodation… What To Do… Activities include nature walks and boat trips to the lake. Trips to Hell’s Gate National Park, Mt. Longonot and other excursions can be arranged. The campsite is the highlight of the trip. Explore… The nearby… Continue reading Off the Beaten Path: Bird Watching, Hiking in Naivasha [Mar – May]
When? All year round A 40-ha expanse of attractive open parkland and woodland within 2 km of the City Centre, the Nairobi Arboretum (founded in 1907) offers a tranquil setting in which to appreciate a surprising variety of local garden birds. As one of few remaining Nairobi’s Urban Green Spaces, it owes its existence to… Continue reading Birdnificent©: Nairobi Arboretum
